Argh smonster! My DH recommends unplugging and taking out the battery as well.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Smonster, that sucks; I have no better advice than what has already been said.
Scandal made me so happy tonight!
Sj, it was all, fuck you and you and YOU, taking care of me, finally. And Mellie. Oh, Mellie too.
I'm appreciative of this of late.
Unplugged it right away. No removable battery. Way past warranty, is from 2011. Okay, Genius Bar it is. Thanks all. Good night.
Huh. Watching Grey's--they'd obviously been foreshadowing the Shepherd/Owen thing but I didn't expect them to go right there so soon. Huh. I thought there'd be more...buildup.
Also, am going to a dance weekend and can't decide if I want a room for one or two nights, and if I want to pay for it with money or with points. Hrm. (It's on the other side of town, but dancing tends to go quite late)
I found out today there's a new Mediterranean place on the sketchy side of town! Depending on sleetfall, I may give it a try for lunch tomorrow.
... and they both complain (at length) to me, so I feel like I can see both sides of the issue when they can't.
The last time two coworkers managed to put me in the middle, I ended up saying to both of them, "I know you have been stressed out, so I have tried to be a safe person for you to vent to. But something has to change. In order to manage my own stress so I can do my job effectively, I'm making a new rule: No dumping on Andrea." The next attempt to continue the topic got suggestions of various non-me resources for them to handle it (ie, work it out with the other party, take it to the next layer of leadership, make use of the Employee Assistance Program, etc.). The third attempt got a firm, "I need you to stop."
At one point, H. (very young, 20 at the time) used the word bitch to describe W. (in her 50s), I came down like a ton of bricks on that. I'm generally pretty easy going but, "No. You do not use that word to me about [name]." Very stern. When H tried to do the "I'm sorry, but..." explanations and justifications, I kept saying, "No." When H finally said, "I'm just trying to apologize." I said, "The way to do that is, 'I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. No buts.'" At which point H said, "Ok, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."
Lee, maybe we can just plan a day off instead?
From way back, but yes please. This week has just been epically NOT FUN, and mid March is just too far away.
Talk about a blended family. [link] (video of a kitten and his dogs)